# rd-131655: reconstructing an unreleased Minecraft cave test

> rd-131655 recreates an unreleased pre-classic Minecraft cave test from its first public video and contemporary IRC logs. The Java implementation includes cave generation and 8×8×8 chunks, and the project provides a Gradle run task.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655/blob/1e0391ccafcfcc1d97c344505f01233beb0da135/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Gradle is used to run the Java project.
- **Scope:** The original build was never publicly released; the reconstruction is based on video and logs.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655/blob/1e0391ccafcfcc1d97c344505f01233beb0da135/README.md>

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